It's funny but when I said I hoped for a cheap dual core...

[bupkus]

It's funny but when I said I hoped for a cheap dual core processor peeps were telling me I expected too much for such advanced processors, but here we are, not that many months later with newegg offering the AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Brisbane 1.9GHz for $65!

So, how long do you think before the first quad-core will drop below $150?

 

[bupkus]

Nuts! What happened... this was supposed to go to the brag and moan thread???

 

[programmer]

everyone must be playing with their new dual-core CPUs.

 

[postmortemIA]

dual core CPUs are overrated.

 

[brianmanahan]

That's because all you use is Internet Explorer and AIM.

 

[sisq0kidd]

Originally posted by: brianmanahan
That's because all you use is Internet Explorer and AIM.

:thumbsup::laugh:

 

[postmortemIA]

Originally posted by: brianmanahan
That's because all you use is Internet Explorer and AIM.

Troll. You have no idea what I use.

faster single core pwns dual core in any game

 

[Piblokto]

faster single core pwns dual core in any game

Yeah, but single core is going the way of the Dodo. At same clock speed/architecture, that may be true, but you won't be able to find a single core at the same speed any more...

 

[Tegeril]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: brianmanahan
That's because all you use is Internet Explorer and AIM.

Troll. You have no idea what I use.

faster single core pwns dual core in any game

Meet me in Supreme Commander.

 

[postmortemIA]

Originally posted by: Tegeril

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: brianmanahan
That's because all you use is Internet Explorer and AIM.

Troll. You have no idea what I use.

faster single core pwns dual core in any game

Meet me in Supreme Commander.

meet me in all other games?

 

[postmortemIA]

Originally posted by: Piblokto

faster single core pwns dual core in any game

Yeah, but single core is going the way of the Dodo. At same clock speed/architecture, that may be true, but you won't be able to find a single core at the same speed any more...

Brisbane 1.9GHz?

It is cheap, but it has no juice for single-threaded games.

 

[swind]

um most people buy it to overclock to 3.0ghz? I think thats enough juice for single threaded games and from now on most games will be optimized for multiple cores.

 

[Tegeril]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: Tegeril

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: brianmanahan
That's because all you use is Internet Explorer and AIM.

Troll. You have no idea what I use.

faster single core pwns dual core in any game

Meet me in Supreme Commander.

meet me in all other games?

I was simply defeating your ridiculous statement that it "pwns dual core in any game."

 

[bonhimself]

try runnin alan wake, ut3, huxley, aion, crysis, bioshock on ur single core

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: brianmanahan
That's because all you use is Internet Explorer and AIM.

Troll. You have no idea what I use.

faster single core pwns dual core in any game

Ah, games, the only real test of a computer. :roll: Try comparing PS on a single core and a dual core system then tell us who's the troll.

 

[brianmanahan]

oh wait, i forgot, alan wake won't even run on a single core.

but sure, they run it a lot better.

I'll go back to my trollcave now.

*thump thump thump*

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: brianmanahan
That's because all you use is Internet Explorer and AIM.

Troll. You have no idea what I use.

faster single core pwns dual core in any game

Maybe you haven't play Supreme Commander. Single core makes it cry.

 

[imported_bubbalou32]

Whatever happened to good ole Intel vs AMD flamewars?

 

[AkumaX]

Originally posted by: bubbalou32
Whatever happened to good ole Intel vs AMD flamewars?

i guess its now single core vs dual core flamewars? although there's one clear winner here....

 

[daveybrat]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA
dual core CPUs are overrated.

I used to think that way too when i had my P4 3.0ghz cpu, but after upgrading last week to a 4600+ X2 dual core, i can now honestly say it's a huge difference.

I can actually do anything i want while i'm encoding a dvd which would have bogged my P4 down to a crawl before.

 

[postmortemIA]

Originally posted by: daveybrat

Originally posted by: postmortemIA
dual core CPUs are overrated.

I used to think that way too when i had my P4 3.0ghz cpu, but after upgrading last week to a 4600+ X2 dual core, i can now honestly say it's a huge difference.

I can actually do anything i want while i'm encoding a dvd which would have bogged my P4 down to a crawl before.

I have laptop with dual core, and hard drive (although it is 7200rpm) is such a bad bottleneck that kills that dual core advantage.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: brianmanahan
That's because all you use is Internet Explorer and AIM.

Troll. You have no idea what I use.

faster single core pwns dual core in any game

You my friend obviously never played supreme commander.

 

[TheGizmo]

Originally posted by: brianmanahan
oh wait, i forgot, alan wake won't even run on a single core.

but sure, they run it a lot better.

I'll go back to my trollcave now.

*thump thump thump*

whats alan

 

[ncage]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA
dual core CPUs are overrated.

No they are not. Sure you might be right about games but not every program out there is a game and not everyone is a gamer. Yes if your a gamer speedy single core rules the roost but there are a lot of applications of use where dual core is a godsend. I have a dual core at 3.8ghz so i think i have the best of both worlds anyways.

Ncage

 

[Krueger81]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: brianmanahan
That's because all you use is Internet Explorer and AIM.

Troll. You have no idea what I use.

faster single core pwns dual core in any game

Solitaire isn't much of a game.